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12-7-1 Certificate of nomination for nonjudicial public office-- Exceptions--Requirements .12-7-1.1 Earliest time for circulation of petitions or nominating certificates.12-7-1.2 Certification of candidate for lieutenant governor. 12-7-2 to 12-7-4. Repealed. 12-7-5 Primary election candidate prohibited from filing as independent for same office in same year. 12-7-6 Candidates for Legislature required to reside in district of candidacy. 12-7-7 Certificate of nomination for President or Vice President of the United States--Requirements. 12-7-8 Repealed.

12-7-1. Certificate of nomination for nonjudicial public office--Exceptions--Requirements. Any candidate for nonjudicial public office, except as provided in § 12-7-7, who is not nominated by a primary election may be nominated by filing a certificate of nomination with the secretary of state or county auditor as prescribed by § 12-6-4, after December thirty-first and by the last Tuesday of April at 5:00 p.m. local time before the election. A certificate of nomination shall be executed as provided in chapter 12-6. If the certificate of nomination is mailed by registered mail by the last Tuesday of April at 5:00 p.m. local time before the election, it is timely submitted. The certificate of nomination shall be signed by registered voters within the district or political subdivision in and for which the officers are to be elected. The number of signatures required may not be less than one percent of the total combined vote cast for Governor at the last certified gubernatorial election within the district or political subdivision. The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, prescribing the forms for the certificate of nomination.

12-7-1.1. Earliest time for circulation of petitions or nominating certificates. No petition or certificate of nomination covered by this chapter may be circulated prior to the first day of January of the year in which the election will be held.

Source: SL 1977, ch 108, § 5.

12-7-1.2. Certification of candidate for lieutenant governor. An independent candidate for Governor shall certify the candidate's selection for lieutenant governor to the secretary of state with the candidate's nominating petition. The candidate and the candidate's selection for lieutenant governor shall sign the certification before the nominating petitions are circulated. If an independent candidate for lieutenant governor withdraws, no independent candidate for Governor may have the candidate's name printed upon a ballot unless a replacement selection for lieutenant governor is certified to the secretary of state by the second Tuesday in August. The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, prescribing the forms for the certification for lieutenant governor.

Source: SL 2017, ch 69, § 8.

12-7-2 to 12-7-4. Repealed by SL 1973, ch 75, § 2.

12-7-5. Primary election candidate prohibited from filing as independent for same office in same year. No person shall file a certificate of nomination pursuant to § 12-7-1 for an office for which he has been a candidate in the primary election of the same year.

Source: SL 1977, ch 110; SL 1980, ch 114.

12-7-6. Candidates for Legislature required to reside in district of candidacy. Any candidate for office in the State Legislature shall be a resident of the district for which he is a candidate at the time he signs his declaration of candidacy on the certificate of nomination as required by this chapter.

Source: SL 1990, ch 105, § 2.

12-7-7. Certificate of nomination for President or Vice President of the United States--Requirements. Any candidate for President or Vice President of the United States who is not nominated by a primary election may be nominated by filing with the secretary of state, after December thirty-first and by the first Tuesday in August at 5:00 p.m. central time before the election, a certificate of nomination which shall be executed as provided in chapter 12-6. If the certificate of nomination is mailed by registered mail by the first Tuesday in August at 5:00 p.m. central time before the election, it is timely submitted. The number of signatures required may not be less than one percent of the total combined vote cast for Governor at the last certified gubernatorial election within the state. An independent candidate for President shall file a declaration of candidacy and a certification of the candidate's selection for Vice President with the secretary of state with the candidate's nominating petitions. The candidate and the candidate's selection for Vice President shall sign the certification before the nominating petitions are submitted. If an independent candidate for Vice President withdraws pursuant to § 12-6-55, no independent candidate for President shall have the candidate's name printed upon a ballot unless a replacement selection for Vice President is certified to the secretary of state by the second Tuesday in August. The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, prescribing the forms for the certificate of nomination and the certification for Vice President.